Old media (TV, radio, newspapers) and new media (SNS, web content, other media)
The Hyogo Prefecture gubernatorial election was held on November 17th.
Former governor Motohiko Saito was elected, and he has returned to his position as governor of Hyogo Prefecture.
The divergence between the intentions of the old media and the will of the people has become increasingly salient since the Tokyo gubernatorial election.
The reason for this Hyogo Prefecture gubernatorial election was that former governor Motohiko Saito resigned before the end of his term.
The reason for his resignation was that a no-confidence motion against former governor Motohiko Saito was passed unanimously (all political parties) in the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly.
Motohiko Saito ran again in this Hyogo Prefecture gubernatorial election to confirm the will of the people of the prefecture.
The stance of the old media seemed to be supporting former Amagasaki Mayor Kazumi Inamura.
Because up until the start of the election campaign, we felt that they were trying to create the impression that Kazumi Inamura was good and Motohiko Saito was bad.
At the same time, the media reported on how unsuitable Motohiko Saito was to be governor. This had been reported since the time of the previous governor.
During the election campaign, in an extremely unusual situation, the mayors of the 22 cities in Hyogo Prefecture announced their support for Kazumi Inamura.
Until a few days before the election, the old media reported that Kazumi Inamura was in the lead.
(Did they check the facts but not understand them? Did they want to manipulate the public’s impression ?)
Just before the election, they finally reported that Motohiko Saito was catching up.
On November 17th, the day of the election, Mr. Motohiko Saito was elected!
Many people in Hyogo Prefecture voted for Mr. Motohiko Saito.
What will the old media which was being reported positively about Kazumi Inamura do from now on, and what will the 22 mayors who expressed their support for her do ?
How do the 22 mayors who rejected the new governor Motohiko Saito, intend to work with the governor in the future?
Will they continue to run the municipal government as anti-governors, because the opinion of the mayor who was elected in an election, is the will of the people ?
If they want to cooperate with the governor without any hard feelings, we think they should resign and confirm the will of the people in a mayoral election.
Unlike new media, old media is insisting that we are fair, neutral and correct.
In a TV program after the election, they commented that “the media is regulated by law” and “we have to consider the public interest and think about various broadcasts”, and in another TV program, they commented that “when the election starts, fairness is guaranteed, and there is fact-checking and verification. If there is no fact-checking, we won’t broadcast it”.
In other words, they are insisting that new media has no regulations, no need to consider the public interest, and that it is fake content that does not fact-check.
The new media
This is an innovative platform that allows anyone to post content without needing any special privileges. On the other hand, it is also true that there is a lot of content being posted that is deliberately fake news or slanderous.
Also, in terms of political content, most of the content being posted is from people’s own political standpoint. This is not news reporting, but rather reporting as their own personal opinion.
Just for your information, the old media also report news on new media. Moreover, many of them broadcast news as content with advertisements.
Also, just to emphasize this point, there has been an increase in fake news, slanderous content, and content that is politically biased, which is being posted by people involved in the old media.
The old media
Who are they considering the public interest for ?
They say they are fair and neutral without declaring their political stance. (We feel like they are saying ‘I am the centre of the circle’ while standing at the edge of the circle.)
At least with new media, their political stance is clear.
For example, the old media make programs with a person who made a discriminatory remark “Takaichi is like Abe-san dress as a woman”, but they say that they are making programs while considering the public interest, right ?
The old media reported on the issue of the LDP’s non-disclosure of political funding on day after day, but they didn’t report much on the issue of the non-disclosure of political funding by the Reiwa Shinsengumi members. So this is what they mean by being fair and neutral, right ?
Is old media regulated by law?
Many people don’t consider the difference between broadcasts during an election campaign and broadcasts at other times. Impressions are created from day-to-day broadcasts.
Is it true that the old media won’t broadcast news unless they can check the facts ?
This has often been an issue, but is “cut-and-paste news” that simply strings together parts of words to suit their political thinking of the broadcaster actually correct information that has been fact-checked ?
the old media frequently broadcasts what is said to be a problem with former governor Motohiko Saito, but they have all the evidence, right ?
Please disclose all evidences in your program that even the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly has not been able to identify.
Even so, the old media commented that “young people supported the election that skillfully used social networking services. New media which has more fake news than television which reports the fact news, has more influence on young people”.
The old media which considers that “only they are providing the correct information,” will face difficulties in gaining trust.
Many people compare old media and new media programs and content on an equal footing, and scrutinize information based on their own judgments.
This is not just for young people, but for people of all ages.
While the old media claim to be “fair and neutral in the public interest” and “only broadcasting fact-checked information,” they broadcast strong political viewpoint news and news that manipulates public impression. As long as the olde media is insisting that many people be predisposed to believe contents on the new media, the situation for the old media is unlikely to change.
In addition, many people understand that old media considers ratings to be more important than the content of the program.
The old media’s way of thinking is what is driving people towards new media.
I now understand that the old media has a self-conceit that they are the only ones who are righteous, fair, neutral, and in the public interest.
In fact, people involved in the old media have commented that “it should create regulations for the new media” and so on.
In other words, they are saying that only the old media is guaranteed freedom of speech as the “justice of the media”, and that the general public should have their speech regulated.
Who would believe the old media made up of people like this?
Reference: THE SANKEI SHINBUN(2024/11/19)
https://www.sankei.com/article/20241014-ESWEJD3WQZE2XJLGMSTJKLZOKE
Reference: Sankei Sports(2024/1120)
https://www.sanspo.com/article/20241118-LF3G4435TFH5TKVATHUTPXHPBY
Reference: Sankei Sports(2024/11/20)
https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/10/13/kiji/20241012s00041000260000c.html
Reference: THE SANKEI SHINBUN(2024/11/08)
https://www.sankei.com/article/20241030-KHO4FTIVKRIKJEZO3VDLIHSNZM
Reference: Daily Sport(2024/11/21)
https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2024/11/19/0018356884.shtml
Reference: NIKKAN SPORTS(2024/11/21)
https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202411180000465.html
Reference: NHK NEWS WEB(2024/09/28)
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240919/k10014585671000.html
Reference: Asahi Shinbun(2024/11/21)
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASSCG25CQSCGPIHB00GM.html
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2024/11/24